Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 166 - Merging and Sweeping Away the Intruders
In Fengqiu City, a figure sat alone on the highest building, cross-legged in meditation, appearing unmoved and undisturbed by any wind.

Looking up at that figure, many people's eyes were filled with fear; it was this person who had suppressed the city with absolute power.

Spies, kill; disobedient, kill; those who outwardly comply but inwardly defy, kill; those who are enemies, kill, kill, kill!

Every day, powerful families and forces were completely wiped out by his soldiers. For a time, everyone in the city lived in fear, afraid that this killer star would target them.

But the more they killed, the more reverent eyes looked at that figure.

Destroying local tyrants, eradicating evil cultivators, beheading corrupt officials, distributing fertile land, scattering spirit stones, expanding cultivation techniques... that person was doing good deeds in every way.

As a shout rang out, a name spread throughout the city and then to the whole state, with people eagerly chanting his name—the mighty and illustrious General Lin Le!
Sitting alone in a high-rise building, Lin Le, who was cultivating, suddenly shifted his mind to his inner vision of supernatural powers. He sensed that something was different here.

But then they saw a human figure sitting atop the lotus, identical to himself.

The merging process has begun.

Lin Le suddenly realized that the lotus incarnation was ultimately a "borrowed" supernatural power, and there was a possibility that it could be taken away.

However, from today onwards, it will become increasingly difficult to be deprived of its power, because the accumulated incense and prayer power has reached a certain amount. The lotus incarnation, through this accumulated incense and prayer power, begins to merge with Lin Le at a deeper level.

As if sensing something, Lin Le opened his eyes and looked at himself, with a lotus flower ring around his neck and a three-leaf lotus leaf robe around his waist.

Red flowers and green leaves protect the true spirit, forever awake and undeluded, entering the cycle of reincarnation!
From then on, as long as the incense continues to burn, no matter how many times Lin Le is reincarnated, he will be able to awaken from ignorance.

Those who had been watching this were even more shocked. Lin Le, with red flowers and green leaves growing on his body, looked even more sacred. There was no doubt that his cultivation had improved even further.

After putting away the red flowers and green leaves, Lin Le continued to meditate, with the three golden cores in his body rotating at a speed of three to five revolutions per breath.

As the largest family in the state, the Liu family naturally possessed the most high-grade spirit stones in the state. Lin Le plundered a total of nearly two thousand high-grade spirit stones.

With abundant spirit stones, he naturally chose to cultivate with high-grade spirit stones, and his already rapid cultivation progressed even faster.

In just three or four days, he had already broken through to the fifth level.

By combining various body-refining resources and further refining them with the Dragon Sparrow Fighting Heaven Technique, Lin Le's physical strength reached the level of fifty elephants.

As for spiritual sense, it can already extend outwards to 6,000 zhang.

Not long after he began cultivating, Lin Le seemed to sense something. He opened his eyes and looked into the distance, where he saw a fiery meteor hurtling towards him from the sky.

With a flash of divine light in his eyes, Lin Le saw the true face of Huo Liuxing, who was an old Taoist priest riding on a cloud of fire rushing towards him.

'Chi Lingzi?'

Lin Le closed his eyes again. If it were ten or fifteen days earlier, he would have been somewhat wary, but now, he was nothing more than a skeleton in a tomb.

Flying over Fengqiu City, Chi Lingzi scanned the area with his divine sense and found Lin Le sitting alone on a high building.

Looking at the face in the portrait, Chi Lingzi let out an angry roar:

"You demon, give me back my disciple's life!"

With the incantation cast, three agile fire dragons surrounded and attacked Lin Le.

Lin Le remained unmoved, letting the three fire dragons rush towards him.

Boom!

A massive fire cloud rose above Fengqiu City, its bright light illuminating every dark corner and also the dark thoughts of some people.

As the fiery clouds dissipated, Lin Le was seen coughing up blood, coldly staring at Chi Lingzi.

He seemed to have been careless.

Chi Lingzi pressed his advantage relentlessly, nine small flags appearing in his hand. He formed a hand seal, and from each of the nine flags emerged a fire dragon. The nine dragons coiled together, transforming into a fireball.

"Kill!" Chi Lingzi pointed his sword, and the fireball transformed into a fiery meteor that rushed towards Lin Le.

Lin Le raised his gun and fired back.

Boom!

The magnificent flames ignited and quickly dissipated, while Lin Le, at the center, was left with tattered clothes and charred black skin.

Seeing this, some people could no longer hide their emotions and flew up, saying, "Daoist Master, let me lend you a hand!"

"And I!"

"I'm coming too!"

One person shouted, and the crowd responded. Some Golden Core cultivators took to the air and charged towards Lin Le.

They had long disliked Lin Le, and wanted to cut off his henchmen, destroy his foundation, and they didn't care about human relationships or social norms at all; all they wanted was for him to die.

Now that they have Chi Lingzi, a being who can rival him, they naturally want to strike while the enemy is down and kill Lin Le here.

Seeing the Golden Core cultivators suddenly rush out, Chi Lingzi frowned slightly but ignored them. After all, they were the reincarnation of the Demon Lord, so it was good to force out some of their trump cards.

"Let's all attack together and kill this demon!" someone shouted.

"it is good!"

The crowd responded and unleashed a spell simultaneously, attacking Lin Le.

Boom!

A dazzling array of magical light bloomed in the sky, yet it shrouded the sky in chaos.

This also caused many people to feel disheartened.

"Mother, will the General die?" A child turned to look at the woman behind him.

The woman smiled and shook her head: "No, the general is a god, he won't die."

"Oh." The child turned his head, but failed to see the bitterness hidden in the woman's lips.

As an adult, the woman naturally had a broader perspective and recognized that those flying around in the sky were all Golden Core cultivators.

With so many Golden Core cultivators joining forces to kill one person, even a Nascent Soul True Monarch might not be able to stop them.

Not to mention that cultivator who suddenly arrived and stood shoulder to shoulder with the mighty and illustrious General.

The strange phenomena caused by the chaotic magic dissipated, and Lin Le was no longer visible at the center.

This brought joy to the Golden Core cultivators who participated in the siege; their greatest threat was finally dead! Chi Lingzi frowned even more deeply; he didn't believe Lin Le had died so easily.

Scanning his surroundings with his divine sense, Chi Lingzi was suddenly taken aback, because there was someone behind him who had appeared out of nowhere.

puff!

The black and white blade cleanly severed the head. Lin Le, holding Chi Lingzi's head, stared at him and smiled: "Demon? Try saying it again?"

"Demon!" Chi Lingzi roared hoarsely, but not with his vocal cords; rather, he roared with his divine sense as a final outburst.

"You're something else." Lin Le nodded perfunctorily, then looked at the other Golden Core cultivators, "Are you all ready to die?"

Seeing Lin Le's perfectly intact clothes and hair, the Golden Core cultivators present knew that Lin Le was playing them, deliberately seducing them who still harbored hostility.

"Run!" someone shouted.

Then came a single, indifferent word:

"Certainly!"

The seven Golden Core cultivators present were instantly rendered immobile.

Whoosh!
The Yin-Yang Twin Swords in their primordial state drew a gray line in the sky, connecting the seven Golden Core cultivators in an instant.

The Yin-Yang Twin Swords came to a steady stop in front of Lin Le. With a flick of his wrist, Lin Le took away the seven golden pills from them.

The entire city fell silent, watching Lin Le return to the tallest building.

"The mighty and illustrious General, with unparalleled virtue, subdues demons and brings good fortune!"

As soon as one person raised their voice, the sound of praise spread from the outer city to the inner city, and for a time the whole city was filled with flattery.

At Qifeng Mountain, Jing Lingzi looked at the suddenly shattered jade tablet and couldn't help but clench her fists.

Just as he had expected, Chi Lingzi was indeed no match for the Demon Lord.

How long has it been? Considering the journey, wouldn't Chi Lingzi have been killed as soon as he arrived in Fengqiu City?

Why would someone like this appear in such a small place?

A sense of powerlessness rose in Jing Lingzi's heart. He could only pray that the Nascent Soul True Monarch who had come had some ability.

A day later, a man dressed in a robe with cloud patterns appeared in front of Qifeng Mountain.

Looking at the Xuanling Temple, which seemed to be on high alert, the man frowned. It was just two Xuan Crystals; was such a big reaction really necessary?
He stood on a white cloud and said, "Master of Xuanling Temple, please open the mountain gate. I am Xu Lingzi, the head of Tianqing Peak of the Xuantian Sect."

Jing Lingzi, who was sitting quietly, suddenly stood up, her face showing excitement. They had finally arrived.

Moreover, he is not a Nascent Soul True Monarch, but a Nascent Soul Dao Monarch!

He had heard of Xu Lingzi's reputation; he was arguably the number one sword cultivator in the Xuan Tian Sect.

The protective array for the mountain was activated, and Jing Lingzi led the elders in a respectful bow, saying, "Jing Lingzi, the head of Xuanling Temple, pays respects to the sect leader."

"Give it to me," said Xu Lingzi.

Jing Lingzi quickly took out two Xuanjing crystals and said, "Please, Master, save the lives of more than three thousand people on our mountain!"

Xu Lingzi grabbed the two Xuan Crystals and took them into his palm: "Speak, what is it?"

Seeing the Xuanling Temple's tense demeanor, he knew trouble was brewing.

"A reincarnated demon lord has descended to earth and is wreaking havoc on the entire state. Please, Master, take action to subdue this demon!" Jing Lingzi shouted.

"A reincarnated demon lord?" Xu Lingzi narrowed his eyes. "What is his current cultivation level?"

"Golden Core!" Jing Lingzi replied.

"Where is he? I'll go get him," said Xu Lingzi.

"It's in the largest city in this direction!" Jing Lingzi pointed and said.

"Hmm." Xu Lingzi nodded slightly, then his entire body transformed into a stream of light and disappeared.

In Fengqiu City, Lin Le's eyelids twitched, sensing that something big was about to happen.

With a simple pinch of the fingers, the divination result revealed a symptom of mixed fortune and misfortune.

After a quick mental calculation, he threw out a storage bag, which was then swallowed by a large fish that emerged from the river.

Lin Le continued his cultivation; no matter what the big event was, improving his cultivation was always the right thing to do.

But after only a few breaths of sitting still, Lin Le felt a strange gaze fall upon him, followed by an extremely strong divine sense sweeping over him, thoroughly examining him.

Then he sensed an immense surprise in that gaze, as if he had seen something that brought him great joy.

Lin Le looked up and saw a man in a cloud-patterned robe standing on the cloud. He had sword-like eyebrows, a face as fair as jade, and eyes as bright as stars. He was like a jade tree with orchids and jasper. His robes fluttered in the wind, making him look like a celestial being.

What a handsome man!
Lin Le couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration; this was simply his ideal image of his adult form.

However, Lin Le quickly put aside his distracting thoughts and stood up from the rooftop: "Who are you?"

After all, this person didn't come with good intentions.

"Xu Lingzi, the head of the Azure Peak of the Xuantian Sect," Xu Lingzi said. "Young friend, do you have a master?"

"No." Lin Le shook his head.

Xu Lingzi nodded slightly: "Then would you be willing to become my disciple?"

"I killed your people, and you still dare to take them in?" Lin Le tilted his head, a half-smile on his face.

"He brought this on himself." Xu Lingzi suddenly flicked his finger. "Also, don't show off your illusions in front of me."

The sword energy pierced the air and collided with a golden light.

clang!
After a single strike, Lin Le retreated, and the fiery wheels beneath his feet rose, propelling him into the distance.

Xu Lingzi shook his head slightly: "Ignorant."

"Certainly!"

(End of this chapter)